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F. G, FISCHER.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 380,794. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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To all whom it may concern.-

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FRANK G. FISCHER, OF HABROLD, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,794, dated April 10,1888.

Application filed Juno 25, 1887. Serial No. 242,477. (No model.)

Be it known that I, FRANK G. FISCHER, of Harrold, in the county of Hughes and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bagholder specially adapted for handtrucks and serving to hold the bag on the truck and at the same time hold the mouth of the bag open.

The invention consists of certain combina- V tions of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my improvement as adapted to a hand-truck, parts of which are broken out; and Fig. 2isa sectional Side elevation of the same on the line or w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one of the disks provided with projections.

Myimproved bag-holder is mounted on a frame, A, preferably of T shape, as shown in Fig. 1, of which the arm or bar B is notched and held to slide in a keeper, D, preferably secured to the rear of the crossbar E of the truck F, of any approved construction. The notches in the bar B are engaged by a pawl, G, pivoted to said cross-bar E and held in place by a spring, H, also fastened to said cross-bar E. The pawl G holds the frame A in any desired position, and by moving the frame A up and down and then engaging the pawl Gwith the notches of the bar B the frame can be adjusted to the length of the bagto be filled.

On the cross-bar G of the frame A are pivoted the lower ends of two arms, 1, extending upward and being bent over and downward at their upper ends. Said ends carry the disks J, each provided with a number of projections, J, extending outward and adapted to engage the inside of the bag to be filled.

The arms I I are pressed apart by a U shaped spring, K, secured in its middle to astaple,L, fastened on the cross-bar Oof the frame A,and the ends of said U-shaped spring K are provided with ears K, through which pass the upwardly=extending straight parts of the respective arms I. When the bag-holder is attached to the truck F, the arms I rest against the cross-bar N of the truck.

The operation is as follows: The bag is placed on the foot-rest of the truck F in the usual manner and held up, and into its month are passed the disks J, which the operator presses toward each other for conveniently passing the disks into the mouth of the bag. As soon as the operator releases his pressure on said disks J, the spring K causes the arms I to spring apart, whereby the disks J are pressed against the sides of the bag, and their projections J embed themselves firmly in the web of the bag, so that the mouth of the bag is held open and the bag is prevented from slipping downward by the pressure of the spring K against the sides of the bag and by the said projections J. The bag can then be filled in the usual manner, and, after being filled, is wheeled on the truck F to any desired place, and its end is thrown from the foot of the truck F upon the floor, after which the operator presses the bent parts of the pivoted arms I toward each other, thus releasing the disks J from the sides of the bag, thereby disengaging the bag.

It will be seen that my improved bag-holder may be secured by its frame A to a wall or post instead of to the truck F, as shown in the drawings. Other means may be employed for raising and lowering the frame A to suit the length of the bag to be filled.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Abag-holder comprising the frame,arms I, pivoted to the upper end thereof and provided at their free ends with disks having projections on their outer faces, and the U-shaped spring K, secured at its bend to the frame and provided at its upper or free ends with. ears K, through which the arms I freelypass, substantially as set forth.

2. A combined bag-holder and hand-truck comprising the truck F, having a cross-piece, E, a keeper on the under side of said crosspiece, and a spring-actuated pawl, G, the T- shaped frame, the longitudinal arm of which is toothed on one edge for said pawl and passed through the keeper, the arms I I, pivoted to free ends through which the arms Ifreely pass, the transverse arm or cross-piece, extending substantially as set forth.

upward along the under side of the truck,and

curved to the front thereof near the handles, FRANK F1 SOHER' 5 devices at the free ends of said arms for en- Witnesses:

gaging the bag, and a U-shaped spring, K, Mosns YOUNG,

secured to the frame and having loops at its 1 A. D. C. WARD. 

